Moundridge grandmother charged in four bank robberies

June 22, 2011|By Chris Durden & Michael Schwanke | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(MCPERSON, Kan.) — Prosecutors indict a Moundridge woman for robbing or attempting to rob banks in Newton, McPherson, South Hutchinson and Wichita.

Fifty-one year-old Vicki L. Arce is charged with four counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery. The indictment alleges that:

On June 9, 2011, Arce robbed the White Eagle Credit Union at 300 West Broadway in Newton
On June 9, 2011, Arce attempted to rob the Home State Bank at 201 South Centennial in McPherson
On Jan. 27, 2011, Arce robbed the Peoples Bank and Trust at 601 East 30th Street at Hutchinson
On Dec. 30, 2010, Arce robbed the Bank of Kansas at 524 N. Main Street in South Hutchinson
On April 30, 2009, Arce robbed the Telephone Employee’s Credit Union at 270 North Broadway in Wichita

Arce was taken into custody earlier this month. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count.

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Original Story, June 14

A McPherson County grandmother is in custody suspected of robbing at least four banks at gunpoint.

51-year-old Vicki L. Arce was charged Monday in Harvey County with aggravated robbery for a hold-up Thursday at a Newton bank.

She is suspected in an attempted robbery in McPherson the same day, and previous bank robberies in Hutchinson and South Hutch.

“I was shocked…this is not the sister I know,” says Carol Alvord, Arce’s sister.

“She had to be facing something bad or desperate,” says Alvord who hasn’t talked to her sister since the arrest.

The U.S. Attorney's Office is expected to file several federal charges against Arce.
Her bond was set at $200,000.

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